Illustration: On a broad riverside path in a Japanese residential neighborhood, a flock of sparrows clusters tightly around one shallow puddle. Their bodies almost touch, several perch along the same narrow edge, and others squeeze into tiny gaps to bathe. Most of the surrounding path is empty.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

密みっ集しゅう

misshuu

to cluster together

Example sentences

  1. この森もりには野のブドウが密集みっしゅうして生はえている。

    There is a dense growth of vines in this forest.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. そこは新あたらしい家いえが密集みっしゅうする地域ちいきだ。

    It’s an area crowded with new houses.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 群衆ぐんしゅうは密集みっしゅうした一団いちだんとなって動うごいていた。

    The crowd was moving in a solid body.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 密集

  • 密secrecy; density (pop)OnミツKunひそか
  • 集gather; meetOnシュウKunあつまる・あつめる・つどう

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